READ List of Famous Cardiac Surgeons

List of famous cardiac surgeons, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top cardiac surgeons in the world? This includes the most prominent cardiac surgeons, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable cardiac surgeons is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic cardiac surgeons were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned cardiac surgeons.

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From reputable, prominent, and well known cardiac surgeons to the lesser known cardiac surgeons of today, these are some of the best professionals in the cardiac surgeon field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous cardiac surgeons ever?" and "What are the names of famous cardiac surgeons?" then you're in the right place. (16 items)

Mehmet Cengiz Öz, better known as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and television personality. Oz is supportive of alternative medicine, and has been criticized by publications including Popular Science and The New Yorker for giving "non-scientific" advice. Oz first appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004, and later on Larry King Live and other TV programs. In 2009, The Dr. Oz Show, a daily television program focusing on medical issues and personal health, was launched by Winfrey's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures. ...more on Wikipedia

Devi Prasad Shetty is an Indian philanthropist and a cardiac surgeon. He has leveraged economies of scale to provide affordable healthcare. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award in India for his contribution to the field of affordable healthcare. ...more on Wikipedia

William Thornton Mustard, OC MBE was a Canadian physician and cardiac surgeon. In 1949, he was one of the first to perform open-heart surgery using a mechanical heart pump and biological lung on a dog at the Banting Institute. He developed two operations named for him: the "Mustard operation" in orthopedics used to help hip use in people with polio and the "Mustard cardiovascular procedure" used to help correct heart problems in "blue babies," which has saved thousands of children worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia